My name is Geshe Lobsang Thapgyal from Drepung Monastery. I would like to bring to the kind attention of everyone, from every corner of the world, that unfortunately my kidneys started failing many years ago. I have been on dialysis for one year and six months, undergoing treatment twice a week. Now, based on the further deterioration of my kidneys, doctors are advising dialysis three times a week.
From the beginning, my friends have suggested that I have a kidney transplant. However, I have always rejected the idea. I could not accept someone giving up their kidney just so I could survive. Many years have passed, and the doctors have warned me of a life-threatening situation.

Recently, the Geshe-las and senior monks from my monastery have been advising me to have a transplant, as the frequency of dialysis has increased to three times a week. They have also suggested the alternative, since it is available.  The doctors have suggested a 95% success rate and an extra 16 to 17 years of life expectancy. If the transplant is not done, the doctors say it is life-threatening.  

Anyone who could donate a kidney would be saving my life, and I would pray for them.  My blood group is AB+.

Thank you very much.